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Web Design and Development with passion. Free template, tutorials, html, css, freebies for web and graphic designerSat, 05 Jul 2014 08:04:39 +0000http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2enhourly1The Charming Illustrations of Ekaterina Korolevahttp://www.pvmgarage.com/2013/01/the-charming-illustrations-of-ekaterina-koroleva/
http://www.pvmgarage.com/2013/01/the-charming-illustrations-of-ekaterina-koroleva/#commentsWed, 23 Jan 2013 21:24:35 +0000LaylaPhttp://www.pvmgarage.com/?p=4541I came across the work of Ekaterina Koroleva and really loved her illustrations. They remind me a bit of Egon Schiele, one of my favorite artists. I also like that she uses different materials in her work, like lace. Here is a small sample of her charming work:

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http://www.pvmgarage.com/2012/09/beautiful-work-of-brad-kunkle/#commentsMon, 24 Sep 2012 20:07:08 +0000LaylaPhttp://www.pvmgarage.com/?p=4378I love the work of Brad Kunkle, he uses both oil paint and gold leaf to give his work an almost-dream like quality. He says of his paintings, “These precious metals are used as symbolic elements as well as visual instruments to interact with the viewer’s movements and environment. The leafed areas will shift with the intensity of light in a space, or as one simply walks across the room.”

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http://www.pvmgarage.com/2012/08/stunning-photoshop-art-of-matei-apostolescu/#commentsThu, 02 Aug 2012 17:43:23 +0000LaylaPhttp://www.pvmgarage.com/?p=4294I really like the work of Matei Apostolescu, most work is done in a combination of Photoshop and Illustrator. Certainly gives me something to work towards. The vibrant use of color and play on everyday themes is really striking. Which is your favorite?

Step 17: Buttons

Step 18

Next to the line, draw another white line. This time, decrease its Opacity to 30%. Combination of these black and white lines will create an inset effect.

Step 19

In the middle of the buttons, draw some white dots.

Step 20

Draw a white rectangular shape on the middle of the buttons. Add Layer Style Gradient Overlay.

Step 21

Draw an elliptical selection on top of the shape. make new layer and then fill it with white. Remove selection (Ctrl + D) and soften it with Gaussian Blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur). Reduce Opacity and then erase both its end using a very soft Eraser tool.

Step 22

Step 23: Shadow

Ctrl-click wacom basic shape to make new selection based on its shape.

Step 24

Make new layer and place it under all layers. Fill selection with black and then remove selection using shortcut Ctrl + D. Soften the shadow using Gaussian Blur (Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur).

Step 25: Label

Draw a rectangle under the pad. You can use any color, it doesn’t matter.

Step 26

Activate pen tool. Click on the rectangle to add new layer. Pull new point down. What we want here is a natural label shape.

Step 27

Grab fabric texture and place it above the label shape. Convert it into Clipping Mask by pressing Ctrl + Alt + G. This way, the texture will stay inside the label area.

Step 28

Make new layer and and convert it to Clipping Mask. Use soft brush tool to paint subtle highlight and shadow on the label. Because the layer has been converted into a Clipping Mask, anything you paint will goes inside the label. Draw black rectangle and put it behind the label. As you can see below, the label appears very natural.

Step 29

Make new layer above the label. Paint subtle shadow from the Wacom on the label.

Step 41: Pen button

Step 42

Zoom in using Zoom tool to see details on the button. Set foreground color to white. Activate Brush tool with radius 1 px. Paint subtle highlight on the button edges.

Step 43: Eraser

Draw a rounded rectangle with color #141517 for pen eraser. Put it under all shapes.

Add Layer Style Inner and Gradient Overlay.

Step 44

Make new layer above the eraser. Paint pen shadow on the eraser using soft brush.

Step 45

Use Zoom tool to see details on the eraser. Draw some subtle highlights using 1 px brush.

Step 46

Our current pen has no proper lighting. So, let’s add one. Our light source is located on top right of the pen. Activate brush tool and paint highlight on the pen.

Step 47: Pen Tip

Draw a small black rectangle on top of the pen. Make new layer and then paint a small highlight on the tip using 1 px brush.

Step 48: Shadow

Remember that our pen is located in a group layer with layer mask. We made the group layer in Step 35. Now, we need to make pen shadow outside the group layer. Ctrl-click pen path to convert it to selection. Press left arrow key a few times to move the selection. Make new layer and place it under pen group layer. Fill selection with black. Remove selection using shortcut Ctrl + D or click Select > Deselect.

Step 49

Click Filter > Blur > Gaussian Blur to soften the shadow.

Step 50

Activate Eraser tool and set its Hardness to 0%. Erase top and bottom part of the shadow to make it realistic.

Step 51

We’ve done drawing the pen. Let’s bring back the pad.

Step 52: Rotating the Pen.

let’s rotate our pen position to make it natural. Activate pen shadow layer and pen group layer. Hit Ctrl + T to perform transformation. Drag outside the transformation frame to rotate the pen.

Final Result

Here is the final result of our drawing tutorial. Click on the image to see it in full size.

Download Source

]]>http://www.pvmgarage.com/2011/11/draw-a-realistic-wacom-bamboo-tablet-%e2%80%93-part-2-photoshop-tutorial/feed/0Visual Journey To Brazil: Showcase of Great Photoshttp://www.pvmgarage.com/2010/09/visual-journey-to-brazil-showcase-of-great-photos/
http://www.pvmgarage.com/2010/09/visual-journey-to-brazil-showcase-of-great-photos/#commentsTue, 28 Sep 2010 17:25:26 +0000lukashttp://www.pvmgarage.com/?p=2542When one from a foreign country thinks of Brazil, the first images that will come to their mind are probably Pão de Açúcar, Copacabana beach, rain forest, samba, Rio de Janeiro and great soccer (well, not this year, but that’s another story…). In fact, reality may contain many of these clichés, but Brazil is more multifarious and opposed.

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http://www.pvmgarage.com/2010/09/best-places-to-find-public-domain-clipart/#commentsMon, 13 Sep 2010 12:07:06 +0000Keithhttp://www.pvmgarage.com/?p=2626Free images and clip art are great to find. After all, they allow you to make use of other’s work without paying a single penny. Unfortunately, just because something is free does not mean that it is Copyright-free. See, Copyright-free (often referred to as public domain) images and clip art are those that can be used under any circumstance. They can be used for personal projects or commercial endeavors. They can be kept as is or modified to your hearts content. All of this can be done, legally, without any form of attribution. In other words, if you use a public domain clip art image in a commercial project, you need not contact its author to ask for permission.

So, without further ado, here are some of the best copyright-free (public domain) clip art image sites on the net today.
The Open Clip Art Library is probably the largest public domain clip art site out there. They currently host over 34,000 clip art images, with hundreds more being added each month. Most clip art images hosted on the Open Clip Art Library can be found in both PNG and SVG formats. Furthermore, the site allows you to either download single images or large packages of images. At one point in time, searching for particular clip art was a weak point of this web site. However, recently, they have added the ability to view pictures by category.Clker.com is another great place to find public domain clip art images (as well as a reasonable array of stock photos). Unlike the Open Clip Art Library, you can not download huge packages of clip art images from Clker. However, Clker’s easy to use interface allows you to find the pictures you desire with relative ease. Once again, images are most often available in PNG and SVG formats.WP Clipart is a mixture of public domain clip art and stock photo images which are nicely organized (using a multi-level hierarchy). Unlike the two sites mentioned above, WP Clipart images tend to be only available in PNG format. However, it does have a neat feature where it can automatically convert a picture to JPG.

If you do not wish to search for images using the web interface, you are free to download the entire archive as well as use the author’s specially created image viewer. The image viewer, although simple, allows you to perform a few simple operations quite easily, including: rotation, and simple color manipulation.Public Domain Clip Art is a simple, no-frills, site which allows you to browse for a public domain clip art images according to a wide variety of categories. It also comes with a search function, allowing you to find an image according to a particular description. Images on Public Domain Clip Art are available in PNG format.

Keith hosts a blog where he discusses a variety of Vancouver computer repair topics including how to retrieve a forgotten Window’s password.

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http://www.pvmgarage.com/2010/09/create-a-photo-collage-in-minutes/#commentsWed, 08 Sep 2010 04:56:17 +0000Maxhttp://www.pvmgarage.com/?p=2606In my post the other day on Finding Images on the Internet, I led with a photo collage. Also the heading on today’s post is another photo collage. To get these graphics I first tried searching google images and some stock photo sites for a while, but I couldn’t find what I wanted. Further searching led me to a pretty cool website called Shape Collage. They let you build your own photo collages for free.

I just added some of their recommended image source sites into the text box and selected the square shape. Then I clicked “Create” and voila! The two images today are “PVM” and “MAX”. These were created by selecting the “Text” option instead of the square shape.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/nature/interesting

http://www.google.com/images?q=cats

http://www.time.com/time/graphics

Put a space between the letters of the text for better results, “P V M”. I guess the “M” letter comes out a little weird, but overall it looks pretty good.

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http://www.pvmgarage.com/2010/09/finding-images-on-the-internet/#commentsFri, 03 Sep 2010 22:39:44 +0000Maxhttp://www.pvmgarage.com/?p=2597There are three sites I have run across which have a large amount of graphics available for free download. While searching through google image search can yield decent results, depending on what you’re looking for it can be more trouble than its worth.

Stock.xchng – This is a site for free stock photos. While stock.xchng doesn’t have the largest selection of stock photos, you definitely get more than you pay for. Interestingly enough, stock.xchng is owned by the same folks who own iStockPhoto. You might be wondering why they would offer these images for free, but I think it is good marketing. Alongside the free results, iStockPhoto’s more extensive collection is shown. This probably drives more sales than you would think.

OfficialPSDs – This site is a solution to every graphic designer’s problem. The foregrounds of many images have already been cut out for you and saved as a PSD. This can save you countless hours spent with the lasso tool in PhotoShop. Need some fire graphics for a page you’re designing? A quick search yielded a boatload of results all completely cut out from the background. There are many different types of images on the site, but celebrity images seem to be the most common.

PlanetRenders – This site is very similar to OfficialPSDs. All the images have been cut from the background, except they are saved in PNG format rather than PSD. If you need some cut graphics to design a fan site or convention flyer, this is the spot. There is a wide selection of video games, anime, TV/movie, and fantasy graphics. There’s also quite a lot of fractal renders if you need to add an effect to your background designs.

One thing to keep in mind however with free graphic sites is that sometimes pictures will get uploaded that are not free to use because of copyrights. It is difficult for a site to police all of its submissions, and you should always be careful.

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http://www.pvmgarage.com/2010/06/75-logo-designs-from-football-world/#commentsTue, 22 Jun 2010 06:03:37 +0000Piervincenzo Madeohttp://www.pvmgarage.com/en/?p=156I’m a football lover and with the 2010 FIFA World Cup well on it’s way in South Africa, we have created some of the best football team logos.

Check our list and let us know which on is your favorite with a comment… you can also suggest a logo not in list.

Enjoy it!

Club Teams

AaB Aalborg (Denmark)

Ajax (Nederlands)

Arsenal (England)

Bohemians Dublin (Ireland)

Celtic (Scotland)

Chelsea FC (England)

Cork City (Ireland)

Cosenza Calcio (Italy)

CSKA Moscow (Russia)

Derby County (England)

Dinamo Kiev (Ukraine)

FC Bayern München (Germany)

FC Dallas (USA)

Hannover (Germany)

Hull City (England)

Juventus FC (Italy)

L.A. Galaxy (USA)

Manchester United (England)

New England (USA)

Olympiakos Piraeus (Greece)

Olympique Lyon (France)

Olympique Marseille (France)

Palmeiras (Brazil)

Porto (Portugal)

Paris Saint-Germain (France)

Real Madrid (Spagna)

Rosenberg (Norvegia)

Sampdoria (Italy)

Sporting CP Lisbon (Portugal)

Toronto (Canada)

Udinese Calcio (Italy)

US Città di Palermo (Italy)

Valencia C. de F. (Spain)

Villareal (Spain)

West Ham (England)

Zenit (Russia)

National Teams

Argentina

Australia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Brazil

South Korea

Croatia

Denmark

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

England

Ireland

Israel

Italy

Norway

Nederlands

Portugal

Czech Republic

Russia

Senegal

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

USA

International Federatins and Competitions

FIFA

UEFA

CONCACAF

World Cup – Germany 2006

World Cup – South Africa 2010

Euro 2008

Asian Cup 2007

UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup

Premier League

Major League Soccer

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http://www.pvmgarage.com/2010/06/15-strange-but-unique-album-covers-from-progressive-rock/#commentsMon, 21 Jun 2010 14:40:26 +0000Piervincenzo Madeohttp://www.pvmgarage.com/en/?p=770Progressive Rock is a genre that (still) wants to give a new highly artistic dimension at the rock music.

It evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s and in the mid-1970s had a great success in Britain and America.
Many bands shown their technical skill and ability to compose music making albums with a great expressive power and an absolutely particular structure for the songs.
This steady and almost maniacal research of an elegant artistic expression lets us stunning songs and great music, but also unique (and maybe “strange”) album covers. Below you’ll see 15 examples.